FinOps Foundation: FinOps for Engineers

This accelerated FinOps for Engineers course, is designed for engineers to understand how to work effectively with FinOps teams to manage cloud use and cost more efficiently and to derive more business value from cloud.

FinOps for Engineers is a training course designed to provide engineers and those who architect, design, construct, and operate software solutions and infrastructure in the public cloud to understand how to work effectively with FinOps teams, finance, procurement, product, and management teams to manage cloud use and cost more efficiently and to derive more business value from cloud.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe what FinOps or Cloud Financial Management is, and why it is necessary
• Describe how FinOps relates to other software engineering methodologies/disciplines
• Describe the basic function and goals of a FinOps team
• Describe the motivations and drivers of finance, product, business and management teams with respect to FinOps and compare them to engineering and operations groups’ motivations
• Understand basic financial concepts and why they are important to the business
• Understand the fundamental capabilities and functions needed to manage public cloud cost and usage
• Describe the responsibilities of engineering and operations team members in the performance of those functions
• Enumerate how the engineer’s job has changed from on-premises traditional IT to cloud
• Explain strategies engineers can take to integrate cost awareness into architecture, design, build and operate processes
• Explain strategies for engineering and operations teams to better integrate with other functional groups to derive more value from public cloud use

At the end of this course, you’ll achieve your FinOps for Engineers certification.

Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology you’ll certify at twice the speed of traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

40% faster

Distraction-free environment

Audience

This course is ideal for anyone who wants to look at FinOps from the perspective of engineers:

Engineers and ops team members, such as Lead Software Engineer, Principal Systems Engineer, Service Delivery Manager, Engineering Manager, DevOps Engineer, DevOps Manager, or SecOps Team members focused on building and supporting services for the organization.

FinOps for Engineers

FinOps for Engineers - Introduction

An introduction to the FinOps for Engineers training and content structure.

What is FinOps for Engineers?

This course defines FinOps and why you should care as an Engineer.

How Cost Efficiency Benefits Engineers

Understand how cost efficiency and awareness of variable cost can benefit engineers directly.

Motivations by Persona

The motivations of the different “personas” or stakeholders involved in the FinOps practice.

Building a Common Language

In this section we'll cover the importance of building a common language to make FinOps work.

Responsibilities of Engineers

The responsibilities of Engineers  when supporting the adoption of public cloud use and the rollout of FinOps.

Responsibilities of Engineers - Cost Efficiency

Explore the responsibilities of Engineers with the functions related to Engineering for Cost Efficiency.

Responsibilities of Engineers - Optimize

Look at the responsibilities of Engineers with Optimizing Usage functions.

Responsibilities of Engineers - Align

Look at Responsibilities of Engineers with functions related to aligning to our business in this section.

Engineering Call to Action

The responsibilities of Engineers when supporting the adoption of public cloud use and the rollout of FinOps.

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:

FinOps for Engineers

• Duration: 1 hour
• Format: Multiple-Choice Exam; 50 multiple choice questions

Before attending this accelerated course, you should understand the basics of how cloud computing works, know the key services on your cloud providers, including their common use cases, and have a basic understanding of billing and pricing models. Being able to describe the basic value proposition of running in the cloud and understand the core concept of using a pay-as-you-go consumption model are also necessary. You’ll also need to have a base level of knowledge of at least one of the three main public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). For AWS, we recommend AWS Business Professional training.

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

• Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
• You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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